Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Parent taxon: Odontaspidae according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 1975
See also Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Case 1978, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hispidaspis, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna
Subtaxa: Hypotodus grandis Hypotodus verticalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (11), United States (8: Alabama), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Maryland, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of United States (17: Maryland, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 43 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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